Know thylife. Laugh at thylife. Forgive thyself.
Now let’s build something that actually works.
Welcome to Nincompoop
Nincompoop is a corrective lens. It is not a traditional theory, and it has no interest in pretending to be. It is not a grand ideology with grand solutions. It is a philosophical reality check that begins with an inconvenient but obvious truth: People — all people — are flawed, impulsive, emotionally driven, and frequently absurd.
Where other systems overestimate human rationality or moral purity, Nincompoop succeeds by expecting failure and designing around it. It doesn’t shame weakness and is not built on impossible ideals. It simply invites people to admit they’ve been winging it.
It’s not a joke, though it may sound like one. It’s not a cult, religion, or self-help scheme. It’s for those who want clarity without arrogance. For those who want to understand themselves and others without sliding into tribal nonsense or smug superiority. It’s a philosophy for the ones who know they don’t know everything, and finally feel good about it.
If that sounds like you, welcome.
If it doesn’t — even better.
Either way, you’ll fit right in.
Join us. Or don’t.
You’ll get here eventually.
Nincompoop is the antidote.
To the naivety of Liberalism.
The self-indulgence of Socialism.
The rigidity of Communism.
The cruelty of Fascism.
The indifference of Capitalism.
And the petty spite of Populism.Where ideologies divide and posture, Nincompoop reminds us:
we’re all stumbling through the same mess — equally ridiculous, equally flawed, and far less clever than we pretend to be.
D. Elder